"They'll always gossip and talk. That's what they know how to do best, so you need not be bothered about them," Jax said to her as they both walked side by side.　　Heads turned in their direction and some even went as far as pointing their hands at them.　　They could hear some of them whispering and asking themselves why both of them arrived together, some of them commented on her new look, her hair and clothes included.　　When they got to the elevator that takes them to their separate floors, they bade each other goodbye.　　"Thank you once again for the meal," Autumn said to him with a smile and he nodded before they went their separate ways.　　She got to the office before Perry, as usual, she tidied the office quickly and touched up her make-up lightly. Just as she finished doing that, the door opened and Perry walked in.　　She got up to greet him, and just as he looked at her in the face from where she stood, he was dumbstruck.　　A look of shock appeared on his face as she stared

　　Her eyes suddenly went wide open in the realization of something. "Should I switch my phone off and tomorrow morning, I'll tell her I was kidnapped?" She asked, making Ella foolishly look at her.　　"Sometimes, you speak like a fool," Ella replied to her and shook her head.　　"Anyways, I'll prepare the colors for your makeup, call your mum and tell her whatever reason you want to, or I'll dial the number for you." She said to her sternly and Autumn nodded her head in response.　　She picked up her phone and dialed her mum's number. She picked on the third ring.　　"Tell me one reason why you had to leave so early without letting any of us know you're leaving for work already?" Her mother asked after she picked up the call as if she had been waiting to ask her that question.　　"Uhm, mum. I'm sorry about that. I had an urgent call this morning, so I had to…"　　Her mum cut in. "Or is it because of the question I asked you last night? Look, I'm your mother, and if you have any male figure i

　　Autumn and Perry looked at each other with eyes wide open. They had forgotten to practice that one important question, and now they were going to get caught.　　Perry immediately made a face to Autumn to let him speak first, but she didn't understand. She assumed he was telling her to speak first, so she spoke.　　"It was at a restaurant," Autumn said, while Perry replied.　　"It was on a rooftop." They both said this at the same time and then turned to look at each other again.　　Perry glared at her for speaking when he had motioned to her not to, while Autumn glared at him for speaking when he was the one who told her to speak.　　"Which of the two is correct?" Mr. Moore asked with raised eyebrows as he sat up on his chair.　　Seeing that it was likely they were going to start getting suspicious soon, Autumn corrected herself immediately.　　"We're both correct. He proposed to me on the rooftop of a restaurant," she replied.　　Given the look on their faces that seemed like they wanted to

　　Perry looked at his mum, surprised at what she had just said. His eyes moved to Autumn. He tried to motion to her to decline the offer but unfortunately, she wasn't looking at him.　　"I'm fine with a hotel," Autumn replied quickly.　　"That's bullshit!" Mr. Moore suddenly replied. "Don't you two already live together?"　　Autumn was about to counter his words by telling him that they weren't living together, but she remembered that she had lied initially that he brought her breakfast in bed every morning. And that could only mean that they live together.　　"She's a simple woman, dad. I understand that she wouldn't want to interrupt anything here, so I agree that she should stay at a hotel." Perry said to his father with a straight face.　　"I won't agree with that. I insist that she stays here," Lucy said and grabbed Autumn by the hand.　　"Come, love. I'll show you the room where you'll stay overnight." They both headed up the stairs.　　"Let her stay with Perry in his room. They aren't

　　In all of Autumn's entire life, she hadn't felt this awkward before. She wondered why it always had to be this same man.　　The first time they had sex, she woke up to see a marriage certificate signed by them.　　This was the second time, and both of them knew it shouldn't have happened.　　Autumn had been awake for a while, but she refused to leave the bed because she was scared of what Perry might say after what they did the night before.　　She couldn't lie that she didn't enjoy or feel something there, but at the same time, she couldn't deny that what they did was wrong.　　Perry looked at the woman beside him on the bed and saw that she had her back to him, so he assumed she was still asleep.　　He got up and switched off the lights, then went into the bathroom to have his bath. When he was done, he came out and still met her on the bed. He scoffed and went on to dress up for the day's work.　　When he finished dressing up and she still didn't get up, Perry could already tell that she